The Prime Minister must present the executive measures in front of 500 mayors on Thursday October 26, four months to the day after the death of Nahel, killed by a police officer in Nanterre.
Today, firmness, tomorrow education. Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne will present on Thursday October 26 an arsenal of measures four months after the death of Nahel, in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine). The head of government will do so in front of 500 mayors, in the amphitheater of La Sorbonne University, in Paris.
On the program: security today, Matignon talks about “sovereign measures“. Tomorrow, other measures are expected during a trip to Chanteloup-les-Vignes (Yvelines). Among these decisions, Élisabeth Borne must announce “new prerogatives” for the municipal police.
A new system: “the republican action forces”
The objective of the advertisements: “better coordinate security in neighborhoods“, explains the Prime Minister’s entourage to franceinfo. A new system will be tested in several cities: the “republican action forces”. These are brigades made up of magistrates, police officers or even mediation specialists supposed “bring calm and peace“, adds Matignon.
A security response provided by the Prime Minister, who will be accompanied by Éric Dupond-Moretti for Justice, Aurore Bergé for Solidarity, Gérald Darmanin for the Interior and Jean-Noël Barrot, in charge of Digital. The message : “tell the kids ‘stop your nonsense’ and tell the parents ‘you have responsibilities“, summarizes a member of the executive to franceinfo.
Emmanuel Macron promised a “complete and profound” response
After prevarication, the executive opted for a two-step response, so as not to obscure the complexity of the matter. This response, however, took a long time to arrive: on July 21, Emmanuel Macron called for a response “complete and profound to the riots that the country experienced at the beginning of July“. A way for the Head of State to say that all fields and areas of public action are concerned.
To the point that last week, a meeting lasting more than three hours was held with the President of the Republic and around fifteen members of the government. Emmanuel Macron then became annoyed by the average quality of certain proposals. “He was impatient“, recognizes one of the ministers present that day, who admits that the police-population relationship was not mentioned during these three hours of round table.
The risk that the mountain gives birth to a mouse
Another measure could be postponed to the beginning of 2024: immediate payment by bank card or in cash of fixed fines for parking or consuming narcotics. The decree was initially planned for the end of the summer, the Head of State announced on June 25 in the columns of Provence. There is a risk for the executive of giving the impression that the mountain is about to give birth to a mouse. “If he is not satisfied with the outcome, the president can always come back to it before the association of mayors of France in a month“, blurted out a minister to franceinfo.